Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Odyssey is a technical, engineering, and integration company supporting the warfighting ecosystem. The Principal Operations Data Ontology role focuses on ontology methodology, semantic knowledge graphing, Department of Defense metadata standards, and operationalizing ontologies within enterprise data solutions. The position supports data modeling, governance, transformation, and interoperability for C3C and Kessel Run warfighting systems.
Responsibilities
- Apply Department of Defense ontology principles and standards to existing and future semantic models and taxonomies
- Collaborate with appropriate subject matter and technical experts to design conceptual frameworks defining complex data relationships, entities, and conceptual logic
- Create and maintain authoritative specifications using languages such as OWL, RDF, etc
- Support implementation and operationalization of ontologies within warfighting systems
- Ensure accurate data transformation within operational systems with the use of written queries and validations tools
- Act as liaison between C3C and enterprise data councils and working groups, advocating for standardized data models, AI readiness, and semantic interoperability
- Analyze emerging mission requirements to continuously expand and adapt ontologies and data models
- Support C3C data artifact curation and governance within enterprise tooling, including data catalogs and message transformation service layers
- Collaboration with many different roles across from mission domains and technical SMEs
- Support and definition of the first formal ontologies within the broader DAF Battle Network
Skills
- Must be a US citizen
- Must have Top Secret Security Clearance and be SCI eligible
- TS/SCI
- BA/BS
- 7 years of directly related experience of which must be in the DoD
- Ontology languages and frameworks: OWL (Web Ontology Language), RDF (Resource Description Framework), RDFS (RDF Schema)
- Ontology standards: BFO (Basic Formal Ontology), CCO (Common Core Ontology), DIEKM (Defense Intelligence Enterprise Knowledge Model), etc
- Query languages: SQL, SPARQL, etc
- Ontology editor tools, such as Protégé
- General understanding of physical data structures and representation (relational and nonrelational databases)
- Flexible, engaging, pleasant and easy to communicate with
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive and Professional
- Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and synthesize large quantities of information
- Ability to effectively communication information to technical and nontechnical audiences
Benefits
- Full time remote position
- Hired applicants may be eligible for medical insurance
- Hired applicants may be eligible for dental insurance
- Hired applicants may be eligible for vision insurance
- Hired applicants may be eligible for life insurance
- Hired applicants may be eligible for a Tricare supplement
- Hired applicants may be eligible for short-term disability
- Hired applicants may be eligible for long-term disability
- Hired applicants may be eligible for a 401(k) match
- Hired applicants may be eligible for flexible spending accounts
- Hired applicants may be eligible for health savings accounts
- Hired applicants may be eligible for an employee assistance program
- Hired applicants may be eligible for a learning and development benefit
- Hired applicants may be eligible for paid time off
- Hired applicants may be eligible for holidays
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